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The two arrests in greater Houston appear to be the first time abortion providers have been charged with violating abortion bans in their state since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022.
In an echo of the Yalta Conference in 1945, the American and Russian leaders will talk on Tuesday about who gets what in the process of ending the war in Ukraine.
Hilary Perkins, a career lawyer and a conservative, was targeted by Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri for defending the Biden administration’s position on the abortion pill.
In a deeply conservative district and a more liberal one, two Republicans found uncertainty and anxiety about the Trump administration’s agenda and their support of it.
Dr. Rasha Alawieh was detained in Boston and denied entry when returning from a trip to Lebanon. The government says she attended a Hezbollah leader’s funeral.
President Trump’s approach to tariffs has unsettled many corporate leaders who believed he would use the levies as a negotiating tool. As it turns out, he sees them as an end in themselves.
Tom Homan, the Trump administration’s so-called border czar, suggested he would continue deportation flights no matter what. “I don’t care what the judges think,” he said.
When Elbridge A. Colby’s nomination for an obscure but important Pentagon job drew resistance, President Trump’s most ardent backers rallied to his defense.
Many Democratic activists, desperate for their leaders to stand up to President Trump, have been staging protests outside of Senator Chuck Schumer’s home and calling for his resignation.
The use of the autopen, a device that reproduces signatures and is ubiquitous in government and business, is ordinarily uncontroversial. There is no power to undo a pardon in the Constitution or case law.
Harvard is the latest elite school to announce that families with incomes of $200,000 and under will not pay tuition as a way to bolster diversity.
From his wildly popular podcast to the No. 2 post at the F.B.I., Dan Bongino joins Kash Patel, President Trump’s former election surrogate, to lead the agency at a turning point.
Christian Menefee, the outspoken Harris County attorney, jumped into the race for a U.S. House seat representing a heavily Democratic district. But Gov. Greg Abbott has yet to set an election date.
The chaotic effort to reduce the government’s real estate portfolio is another example of the setbacks the administration has faced as officials try to carry out President Trump’s agenda.
Two facilities in South Texas are being readied for undocumented parents and their children. One site began receiving them earlier this month.
Firings and buyouts hit the top-secret National Nuclear Safety Administration amid a major effort to upgrade America’s nuclear arsenal. Critics say it shows the consequences of heedlessly cutting the federal work force.
An organization in Chicago is trying to apply a strategy used for fighting drug addiction to reduce gun violence.
President Trump’s special envoy met with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last week to discuss a cease-fire proposal.
The decision is the latest indication of the Trump administration’s move away from holding President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia accountable for crimes committed against Ukrainians.
“Oopsie … Too late,” El Salvador’s president said, mocking a court order that deportation flights turn back to the United States. Top administration officials thanked him.
A survey of the damage from a cross-country storm system that tore through the South and Midwest over the weekend.
President Trump and most members of his administration steered clear of the annual Gridiron Club dinner on Saturday, where politicians and the press usually toast and lightly roast one another.
Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, continued to face criticism from members of his own party after he reversed course and allowed the stopgap spending bill to come to a vote.
The tornadoes, dust storms and wind-fanned wildfires have led to at least 36 deaths across the nation this past week.
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
Sahela Sangrait, 21, was murdered at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota, officials said; her body was found this month nearly 40 miles away.
A Democrat, she represented Westchester County for three decades and became the first woman to lead the powerful House Appropriations Committee.
A SpaceX capsule docked at the International Space Station, bringing a replacement crew for Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to return home after an unexpectedly long stay in orbit.
President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador announced that his country had taken in more than 200 prisoners whom the U.S. has accused of being part of the Tren de Aragua gang.
Mr. Waltz has worked hard to burnish his credentials among the president’s supporters, in the process dismaying his former associates while not convincing his new ones.
The movement that prompted “Black Lives Matter” to be painted in bold yellow near the White House is in retreat. Its leaders are asking what comes next for social justice.
As President Trump and Elon Musk cut federal programs, they often equate political and policy differences with corruption.
But President Trump wasn’t around to hear any of the barbs thrown at the annual D.C. event.
The order declared that unauthorized Venezuelan immigrants who are at least 14 years old and part of the Tren de Aragua gang can be “apprehended, restrained, secured and removed.”
Hundreds of homes and other buildings were destroyed in Oklahoma, as fierce winds and wildfires swept the region.
Seeking to serve as a counterweight to the Trump administration, a flurry of mostly blue states has created initiatives — and ad campaigns — to lure federal employees to state government jobs.
The move means almost all top agents in the field will no longer answer to the deputy director, a significant departure from the way the F.B.I. has worked.
The bill was passed just hours before a midnight deadline to avoid a lapse in funding, which would have shut down the government.
The air and naval strikes on targets controlled by Houthi fighters were intended to open up international shipping lanes in the Red Sea.
The sole offense of those President Trump singled out in remarks at the Justice Department appeared to have been trying to hold him accountable for his actions.
Tim Walz was in Iowa. JB Pritzker’s heading to New Hampshire. Pete Buttigieg is keeping his options open. It’s far too early to run for president, but some Democrats seem to be exploring the idea.
Canadians have long flocked to the South Carolina beach town. This year, many are offended by the president and threatening to stay away.
Mayor Eric Adams’s charm campaign involved phone calls to the Trumps and a meeting with Steve Bannon. Mr. Trump showed sympathy for the mayor, as his administration moved to drop charges against Mr. Adams.
Funding cuts, a censured lawmaker, citizen protests: The state has had a bumpy month since Gov. Janet Mills tangled with President Trump over transgender athletes.
Retaliatory tariffs are hitting U.S. farmers hard, particularly in states that voted for Trump. Ana Swanson, an Iowa native who covers trade and international economics for The New York Times, explains how retaliatory measures from countries like China and Canada affect the agriculture industry and what it means for the economy.
A fire set by gangs at the country’s largest public hospital underscores long-simmering problems in Haiti, which is heavily dependent on international aid.
Time’s passage may have granted the illusion of distance, but we are living in a world that has yet to put the effects of Covid behind it.
The order targeting the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, appeared to test the bounds of the president’s power.
The cemetery, which is operated by the Army, said it was working to restore the content. Among the obscured pages was material about civil rights.
A federal judge expressed doubts toward those challenging the federal policy, a potentially favorable sign for President Trump as he seeks to clamp down on immigration.
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